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Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zoë, famous for advising other people using her unwritten rules, has her hands full with chairing a school dance committee, training a new student to fit in, keeping her grandmother out of a nursing home, and trying to find a husband for her mother.
122) My singing Nana
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Billy's beloved Nana's memory is failing but they are "always amigos," so when disaster strikes the day of the family's big summer show, Billy finds a way he and Nana can save the day.
123) Really and truly
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Charlie is very close to his grandfather, who loves to tell fanciful stories about pirates, witches, and gnomes that amuse Charlie to no end. But lately, Charlie's grandpa doesn't have any new stories to tell. In fact, some days grandpa doesn't even recognize Charlie. A disease has stolen grandpa's memories, his appetite, and even his smile. Charlie wants so much to make his grandpa smile again that he comes up with a plan to tell him stories. The...
125) Our father's keeper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A fatherless thirteen-year-old girl forms a bond with a man suffering from early onset Alzheimer's disease.
126) Iris
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Harper Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering human remains. The remains of two bodies, in fact. Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried for at least thirty years. Saffy has nothing to worry about until the police launch a murder inquiry and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner. Her grandmother, Rose. Rose is in a nursing home and...
128) Las buenas hierbas
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
The story of a relationship between an adult daughter and her mother who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Annie is fourteen-year-old girl who all her young life has believed firmly in the laws and principles of science…at the cost of Santa Claus and Tooth Fairies. If it wasn't measurable it didn't exist. But the death of her father and the aging of her beloved grandmother sends Annie on a quest to prove the existence of the paranormal, specifically ghosts, and thus an eternal soul. Needless to say, there are many dead ends and frauds in her quest....
131) The leisure seeker
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Long-term couple John and Ella Robina are experiencing the struggles of growing older. With John having Alzheimer's and Ella undergoing cancer treatment, they decide to abandon their disease-stricken lifestyles and embark on a journey from Boston to Key West in an attempt to fully live what's left of their lives. Their trusty RV, which they've dubbed "The Leisure Seeker", will be their mode of transportation as they enjoy what may be their last adventure...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each drawing on the other for inspiration, comfort, and strength. They brought their literary talents to bear on a wide range of topics, discussing...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
In Florida on a book tour, Jessica Fletcher meets up with old friend Dr. Seth Hazlitt, who is visiting a renowned physician working on a cure for Alzheimer's disease. If successful, it would make millions for his backers. But when Dr. Alvaro Vasquez dies, apparently struck by lightning, Jessica and Seth work together to find a cure for the common killer.
134) Deep blue sea
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Researchers on the undersea laboratory Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease. There is one unexpected side effect. The sharks are getting smarter. Which could mean trouble for the researchers and lunch for the sharks.
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